Flip has been doing some research to mark the launch of their new MinoHD (our review forthcoming, suffice to say, we love it), which shows that families are sharing more personal clips of themselves online to engage more with relatives.

Of the 3000 people in the study conducted on Flip's behalf by OnePoll, 27% of us Brits now rely on the internet and social networking sites like Flickr and Facebook to show videos and photos to friends and relatives to keep them in the loop.

Plus, 41% now believe they're more comfortable sharing their life experiences online thanks to the explosion in social networking sites like Facebook.

Are you happier sharing your life online with friends and relatives?

Square, the US mobile payment processing service cofounded by Twitter creator Jack Dorsey, has teamed up with mobile phone case and accessory maker Incipio for a Square enabled iPhone case.

Rather than having a little dongle that attaches to the phone with a more traditional Square set-up, the cashWrap case simply has it installed on the back of the device in a way that looks more refined, and whilst leaving a bump on the back of the phone, looks professional in way that's comforting to people handing their credit cards over.

Seeing as there's now word on whether Square will ever hit the UK (mainly due to its reliance on signatures and swiping, whereas we're reliant on PIN technology), we wont be seeing these cases over here any time soon, but if you're in the States and hoping to get started in mobile payment taking, then this might be a good call. No word on pricing and availability yet though.

[Incipio Square cashWrap]

In news that might shock some people (who really believe all those Apple rumours?), Apple will be introducing a form of multitasking to the iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch platform with a whole bunch of new APIs to be made available to developers.

Essentially, instead of having all of the applications running fully in the background, the operating system will keep parts running through the use of new API hooks (access to OS features), which are required for a good user experience.

For example, you'll be able to hook into music streaming APIs so that Spotify (if you're in Europe) or Pandora (if you're in the States) can be playing tracks in the background, without having the application fully open, draining performance and battery life.

Developing

[gdgt Live OS4.0 Coverage]

The Telegraph is reporting that at its peak last night, only around 5% of MPs turned out to debate the Digital Economy Bill, and at its lowest, only 15 were sat.

For a Bill which could fundamentally change our human rights (the provisions to cut off internet access are reserved for "alleged" repeat filesharers, guilty until proven innocent), the turn out is digusting, especially when it can be raced into law during the "wash up" period before a new government is introduced after the General Election (now dated for May 6th).

Whether or not you agree with the Bill, that's not what is being discussed here. The main problem we all have with this is that it's being rushed through without proper scrutiny by both Houses, with a view of bringing into law certain clauses which will adversely affect the internet-browsing public.

If you're an avid reader of RandomlyAccessed, you'll know that we're staunchly against all kinds of illegal filesharing, however, draconian measures brought in on the back of hurried legislation is not what's requried for a problem that's been raging for over a decade.

[The Telegraph]

Kevin Rose, the co-founder of Digg and Pownce, will take the helm of the former from Jay Adelson after a few years on the sidelines to put focus back onto building the new version of the site which should be launching soon.

Rose has been playing around with services like WeFollow for a while now, but his placement as the new CEO should help the company focus on product building to stave off stiff competition from new sharing channels like Twitter and Facebook.

Jay said this in a statement on the company's blog; "Got some news. After five years, forty million users, and an amazing ride, I've decided to step down as CEO of Digg", with Rose adding; "I want to be the first to thank Jay for the last five years of amazing work. You've been a great friend and mentor, we wouldn't be where we are today if it wasn't for you."

It seems as though some changes are happening already, with the dropping of the controversial iFrame-based "Digg Bar" and the unblocking of non-dangerous sites to not censor content.

[Digg Blog]

One of the benefits of having to wait longer for Apple's legendary tablet device; the iPad, is that we have longer to prepare our content to be consumed and to develop apps for the new form-factor that OS X Mobile is taking.

One new tool that seems to be extremely useful for anyone with a website is iPad Peek which allows anyone to enter a URL and see what it looks like on the new tablet device.

Clicking on the top bevel rotates the device into either portrait or landscape mode for viewing, allowing you to get a good feel as to how it'll look on an actual device.

There's still a couple of weeks until it's rumoured to hit our shores, so make sure that your site will look good and proper when it is available.

[iPad Peek]

Apple is showing off a page on its site which highlights sites which can run perfectly on their soon-to-launch slate/tablet product; the iPad.

The list of sites includes those which don't feature Flash for serving up video content or page navigation elements, with a "standards"-based design which will look nice on the Safari browser on the device (which launches in the US on Saturday).

Sites already deemed "Ready For iPad" include those from CNN, Time, New York Times, Vimeo, Flickr, TED, Virgin America and Reuters.
Still no word on the UK/international launch of the device yet, hence the US-centric nature of the sites listed, although rumours are pegging it to be around the 24th April for the WiFi only version.

[Ready For iPad]